2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS: supercharged only

This record's own dek states that the Supercharged SS is the only SS for 2005, at 240 hp and 280 lb-ft, with no plain, non-supercharged SS documented for the model year at all. GM's own 2005 restoration kit confirms directly that Chevrolet dropped the non-supercharged SS for the year, leaving the L67 Supercharged SS as the sole performance trim alongside the plain LS and LT models, per the same specification sheet's own three-model lineup listing. Wikipedia's own 2000-2007 production table, citing The Encyclopedia of American Cars, gives 37,143 Monte Carlos of all trims for 2005 without a separate SS split, and this record's own production notes state that the missing SS figure reflects a genuine gap rather than an implied zero.¹

The L67 supercharged 3800 V6 is documented at 240 hp at 5,200 rpm and 280 lb-ft at 3,600 rpm, 8.5:1 compression, up to 8 lb of boost, and a 92-octane fuel requirement, confirmed identically across the specification sheet and the restoration kit. A heavy-duty four-speed electronically controlled automatic is the sole transmission documented, paired with a 2.93:1 final drive ratio specific to that heavy-duty 4T65-E unit, with no alternate transmission or axle ratio recorded anywhere in this record for the year.

Specification detail is extensive: a 3,522-lb curb weight, a 65/35 front-to-rear weight distribution as printed, 34 mm and 19.5 mm front and rear stabilizer bars, 2.3 steering turns lock-to-lock, a 39.6-foot curb-to-curb turning circle, W-rated Goodyear Eagle RSA tires sized P235/55R17, 17-inch diamond-cut cast aluminum wheels, and a 72.7-inch overall width, all drawn from the same restoration kit that supplies the engine and drivetrain figures above. GM's own estimate gives 18 city, 28 highway and 22.5 combined mpg for the L67, a slightly more detailed figure than the plain 19/28 city/highway pair printed on the separate specification sheet, and this record carries both rather than treating one as superseding the other.

This record's own prices, options, paint and interiors sections are all empty for 2005, a documented gap despite the depth of chassis and powertrain specification detail already described above for the Supercharged SS specifically, leaving no color list, trim code, or dealer-order price found in an accessible source for the year. Both the specification sheet and restoration kit name Oshawa, Ontario as the assembly plant for all 2005 Monte Carlo trims, a single-plant detail this record carries consistently across the two independent factory documents.

This record's own performance and identification sections are both empty for the year as well, leaving engine, transmission, and chassis specification as the whole of this record's technical coverage for 2005. No period road-test figure or VIN-decoding detail was located to add measured acceleration, braking, or body-plate information to that technical picture. A single unpublished lead describes Wikipedia's mention of a 2005 Tony Stewart edition using the L67 engine, but this record notes that the claim is tertiary and uncited, so it is not adopted into this record's own configuration or production data for the year, leaving that named edition undocumented beyond the single uncited mention.¹